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Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1927, Page 2

Cars leave Newman’s Motors Ltd. garage to-night at 7.45 o’clock for tlie Ruatnpu Ball.

Add it ion a,l shop premises are being erected in Bevel 1 Street, quite a healthy sign as hearing on the future of the town. New residential buildings are also to be erected, thus indicting a healthy movement in the aofi'ities of the town.

The weekly Euchre of the R.S.A. tikes place at the Soldiers’ Hall fought. Being the first Friday in the nnnth there are eight prizes for oompeition, all of a, useful nature, and a lumper attendance is expected. Play •stats at 8 o’clock and punctual attemance i.s desirable.

Fro totally destroyed a five-roomed dweling-house and its contents at Mao:' Creek, near Dunganville at 1.30 on Wednesday morning. The house was orned hv Mr W. Coburn, of Marsden, aul occupied by Mr-and Mrs .T. Harrism and family, who escaped from the birning building in their night attire. It i.s understood that the house was insued.

LnrnaJi’s Castle property was offered at pihlic auction at Dunedin on Monday }y the Lands Department, on behalf of he Works Department. The upset pric was the same as that asked for at the former auction—£29l2 10s. From this amount the bids rase by £25 then cropped to £5 and £1 bids, hut toward the close rose again to £lO offers, the bidding, though brisk, was confinec to three persons. The property evertunlly fell to Mr .T. Jackson Purdie’s hid of £3GOO. The p-o----pertv stands on an area of approximately 35 acre, and has its own water supply. The ostle was built for the late Mr W. J. if. Larnach in 1373 and it i.s said that the building and the property whicliHhen consisted of 850 acres, cost its otner in the vicinity of £120.000. Mr lurdie will take possession on Sentonber 19th. He intends at present' to make the castle his home. Mothers! Prntot your kiddies from colds and coughs. .Give them “Nazol’* on sugar. SprinXe baby’s pillow Safe, pleasant, eeonipical. fIQ doses IS fit}.—rAcJvti. i f, ' '

Prize money in connection with the recent Hokitika Competitions is now availbale at the County Office. 1 ’ A meeting of ladies willing to assist with the Military Ball on 21st inst.. Jin aid of the R.S.A. hall fund, will be held at the Soldiers’ Hall al 7 o’clock next Monday evening.—Advt. The Order of Masses and Devotions in St. Mary’s Church on Sunday, Sept. 4th. will be as follows: Arahura- 10 a.m., Hokitika 8 a.m., 10 a.in. and 7 p.m. At the Greymout-h Competitions yesterday in the ladies’ vocal solo, own selection, Miss I. Gillooly. “Summer” was first- with 89 points: Gwen Jacobs was second in the pianoforte solo “To the Spring” with 81 points. Cora. Lynn was first in juvenile character .sketch “Peter Pan.” The Hokitika Jazz Club concludes its Winter Season of dances on Wednesday next, Sept-. 7th. which will be tho occasion of a long night ball. A limited number of non-members’ tickets are now available on application to the Secretary of the Club.—Advt. The death took place at Westland Hospital yesterday of Mr John McGowan. who was admitted on Saturday. He has been living -at Koiterangi and was working at Otira during the time of the tunnel works. He was a native of Scotland and 70 years of age and lias no relatives in New Zealand.

An explosion which occurred in the range at the residence of Mr T. O. Kiteliingliam, Boddytown, on Wednesday, says the Grey “Star,” caused some alarm, but no damage. The door of the range was blown open, and a piece of broken stone, which had evidently split when heated, (lew out into the centre of the room. Had anyone been in the line of fire, more or less serious injuries would probably have resulted. Mr Kitchingliam showed the stone to a reporter, and in reply to a- question, stated that the coal on the range at the time -was procured from tho State Mine.

The Returned Soldiers Euchre Tournament will lie continued in the Soldiers’ Hall this (Friday) evening at 8 p.m. sharp, when there will be eight valuable prizes for competition:—lst E.P. silver teapot, sugar and cream ; 2nd. 3 largo bread, flour and sugar bins; 3rd. 7- piece salad set; 4th. E.P. mounted honey jar. sth. E.P. butter knife, sugar and jam spoon in case; fitb. set 4 fancy jugs ; 7tli box fancy stationery; Btli fancy sweet dish. Patrons are requested to roll up early and avoid the last minute rush. Supper provided. Admission 2s. Play commences at 8 o’clock sharp.— Advt.

As part of the regular procedure of sending defence officers to EnglanfT for periodical training, Cabinet lias decided to send Captain S. F. Allen, of the New Zealand Staff Corns to -attend a course of instruction lasting a year, at the School of Signals, England. At tho conclusion of the course. Captain Allen will undergo a further period of approximately three months attachment to a. British unit. Captain Allen is the first signal officer to be sent from New Zealand for further training in England, although engineer, gunnery and flying officers have been sent abroad for that purpose. In the near future it is proposed to select two trainees from the Territorial Forces to proceed to Sandhurst to undergo training, commencing with the .January term, with a view to being commissioned in the Staff Corns oil their return to New Zealand to till normal vaean-

Further discussion in the House of Representatives on the Slimmer Time Bill has been postponed for a fortnight, to allow of additional efforts being made to reach a compromise on the objections which have been made by dairy farmers and others, who contend that the advancing of the clock hv one hour during summer will have a- detrimental effect on their businesses. This decision was come to at a conference on Wednesday between the Premier, Mr T. K. Sidev, the sponsor of the Bill, and Mr W. S. Glenn (Rongitikei), the leader of the opposition to the measure in the House. Information is to lie sought from dairy factories and cream carters as to what alterations in the railway time-tables will be necessary to meet the altered conditions, and the data gathered is to be placed before the Department to see whether the suggested adjustments in the service can he made.

Last year the postal service of the Dominion, delivered to their intended destinations no fewer {Turn 244,381,884 postal packets. This number was made up of 149,881,324 letters, 4.557.56S postcards, 3,698,C00 parcels and 80,224,573 other articles. Of the postal packages passing through its hands the Post Office actually lest only .0009 per cent., which, for those not versed in the decimal notation, means that less than one in a hundred thousand went permanently astra.v. During the past postal year 6002 enquiries were made for missing postal packages, and 3790 of them were ultimately found not to have gone astray. For any delay in delivery, it was found that in 1032 cases the sender was responsible and the addressee was responsible in 1251 cases. In 1115 cases the blame could not Ik> definitely fixed, and only in 392 cases was the service at fault. No trace at all was found of a total of 2212 packages. If posted at all. they seemed to have vanished into thin air just as things do at times, even at home. However mechanically perfect the postal service may 1m?. there is always the human element to be considered, and occasionally in the Courts it is demonstrated how it is that a postal package becomes permanently missing.

Woods’ Croat Peppermint Cure First aid for roughs, colds, influenza New c-repe de chines just opened up New colour shades. Prices 7s Od, 8s lid, and 11s 6d a yard.—McKay’s, Hokitika.—Advt. Window Curtains. —If it’s window curtains you require call and see Mclyay’s display.—Advt. Quick dispatch to stubborn colds certain with “ Nazol.” Take a few drops on lump sugar, or inhale. Powerful. penetrating, and acts like a charm. 00 doses Is Od.—Advt. The first of the spring hats have come to hand and are now on view at McKay’s.—Advt. Whitebait netting made to sample of netting supplied by professional Hokitika whitebaiter is now on sale at McKay’s at 3s 3d a yard. The netting is extra strong and the mesh is considered just the right size.—Advt. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For Coughs and Colds, never fails. When children are restless, give them Wade’s Worm Figs. Safe, sure, and pleasant. All chemists and stores.--Advt. Stop that tickling cough! “Nazol acts quickly, and never fails to give relief. The surest protection for all kinds of coughs and colds. 60 doses Is Od.—Advt. Our first delivery of new season’s hats are now arriving, new styles and all the latest colours in crinolines, silks, satins, bubble straws, also smart selection of models and ready-to-wpars. and Co, —Advt.